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Magnetite from
Sabalan volcanic plateau, Ahar County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran


Locality type:Plateau
Classification
Species:Magnetite
Formula:Fe2+Fe23+O4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Magnetite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sabalan volcanic plateau, Ahar County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1337330
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1337330:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Magnetite
26.6km (16.5 miles) ā“˜Mazraeh Mine, Ahar, Ahar County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
38.9km (24.2 miles) ā“˜Anjerd Mine, Ahar, Ahar County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
58.2km (36.2 miles) ā“˜Sungun Mine (Songun Mine), Varzaqan county, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
64.0km (39.7 miles) ā“˜Haftcheshmeh deposit, Varzaqan County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
84.3km (52.4 miles) ā“˜Yardymly meteorite, Baku, Yardymli District, Azerbaijan
85.1km (52.9 miles) ā“˜Astamal skarn deposit, Varzaqan County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
88.1km (54.7 miles) ā“˜Talyshskii, Lerik District, Azerbaijan
94.7km (58.8 miles) ā“˜Shikahogh Cu deposit, Shikahogh, Kapan, Syunik Province, Armenia
References
Alberti, A. A., Comin-Chiaramonti, P., Di Battistini, G., Nicoletti, M., Petrucciani, C., & Sinigoi, S. (1976). Geochronology of the Eastern Azerbaijan volcanic plateau (northwest Iran). Rend. Soc. Ital. Mineral. Petrol, 32(2), 579-589.
Alberti, A., Cominā€Chiaramonti, P., Di Battistini, G., Sinigoi, S., Zerbi, M. (1979) Upper Eocene to early Oligocene shoshonitic volcanism in eastern Azerbaijan. Neues Jahrb. Mineral Abh, 134, 248-264.
Alberti, A., Cominā€Chiaramonti, P., Di Battistini, G., Fioriti, R., Sinigoi, S. (1981) Crystal fractionation in the eastern Azerbaijan (Iran) Lower Tertiary shoshonitic suite. Neues Jahrbuch fĆ¼r Mineralogie Monatshefte, 35-48.
Riou, R., Dupuy, C., Dostal, J. (1981) Geochemistry of coexisting alkaline and calc-alkaline volcanic rocks from northern Azerbaijan (NW Iran). Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 11(2-4), 253-275.
Alberti, A., Cominā€Chiaramonti, P., Di Battistini, G., Fioriti, R., Sinigoi, S. (1981) Crystal fractionation in the eastern Azerbaijan (Iran) Lower Tertiary shoshonitic suite. Neues Jahrbuch fĆ¼r Mineralogie Monatshefte, 35-48.
Riou, R., Dupuy, C., Dostal, J. (1981) Geochemistry of coexisting alkaline and calc-alkaline volcanic rocks from northern Azerbaijan (NW Iran). Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 11(2-4), 253-275.
Woolley, Alan R. (2019) Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World. Part 4: Antarctica, Asia and Europe (excluding the former USSR), Australasia and Oceanic Islands. The Geological Society of London. doi:10.1144/mpar4
 
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